Each contribution is counted under your account name and as that number grows larger you accumulate little stars in your banner to reflect the amount donated, as well as gain access to the special donator forums for donations above $10.01. gen3sf made a really nice post about donations here: http://www.wiihacks.com/donations/55...on-levels.html

"I think that the Wii is a beautiful piece of hardware, and a broken Wii is a tragedy. It doesn’t matter why or how." -- Bushing

Just a thought, but why not give a little credit to the paying people..
Not litterally of course but like if you contribute (financially) you lose the ads..

This might give more paying members.. ads and banners are an annoyance. If you lose the ads and banners with a donation of $5,- or higher this might help in getting some money in...

Just an example of course..
I didn't think of this, there are other communities that work like this.
It's always free but you get a little extra functionality to make life easier if you donate..
Very reasonable I think and members get something back for their donation.

Help for MK Hacking

Hey guys, I have the Homebrew browser and HB Channel and Gecko OS 1.9 on my wii, and I tried one of the cheats, (always having star power) on Grand Prix, and it worked. BUT, it DIDN'T work on wifi. Can anyone tell me if there ARE cheats using HB Channel and Gecko and all those that can be used on MK wifi? Do the codes need to be in a different format or what? Any codes or links would be great. Thanks

Nothing will change about the normal functionality of your Wii. You'll only get something extra..
It's not like a modchip change for the xbox360 for example. You'll have no problem with purchasing songs..
You might even be able to use them in a backup-game, but I can't vouch for that.